The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

W G S Trust

Registered charity 505207 Registered since 1976

Operates: Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

5.8y median 5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 3Arts and leisure 1Education 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£862k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 94.2 in 2021

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EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailfinance@wgs.org
Phone01612241077
AddressWithington Girl's School, 100 Wellington Road, Fallowfield, MANCHESTER, M14 6BL

Finances

£861,735 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£977,256£874,559
2022£1,026,733£1,830,425
2023£1,037,954£868,780
2024£1,435,429£978,565
2025£861,735£519,481

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE SCHOOL. (B) CHARITABLE PURPOSES (WHETHER EDUCATIONAL OR NOT) OF OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL. (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 5 MAY 1976 as amended on 09 Sept 2025 as amended on 27 Mar 2026

Trustees (10)

10trustees
57median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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